KAREN JOHNSON at the Monroe Campus:

I am the Speech Language Pathologist for Monroe.  Because I work with kids from preschool to 8th grade, my focus shifts as the kids get older. With my younger students I use books, toys, and games to teach communication skills in a play setting. As my students get older I try to help them learn skills for listening, speaking, and writing which will help them in their classes and help them be successful in high school and in the community.

Each day is a little different. I have 50 students and I see some in small groups or one on one. Sometimes I do classroom groups and sometimes I go into the classroom to help individual kids. Several times a month I go into the community with Special Ed teachers and students.

You may reach me at KarenJohnson2@spps.org.


ANA BANCOVICS at the Linwood Campus:

My name is Ana Bankovics and I am excited to be the Speech-Language Pathologist on the Linwood campus. Services for students who are eligible for speech services may work with me individually and/or in a small group in the speech resource room or in the classroom, as appropriate.

I am at Linwood 5 days a week working with children with a variety of speech and language needs, including difficulties with:

1. Producing speech sounds.
2. Limited vocabulary
3. Answering questions and recalling ideas from verbal or written information.
3. Remembering or understanding directions, details, or classroom routines.
4 Describing things, retelling stories, following or maintaining topic of conversation.
5. Repeating sounds, repeating words, stoping sounds in the middle of the word or prolonging sounds.
6. Voice quality that is too loud, too quiet, rough, and/or hoarse.

Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions regarding speech and language services.

I can be reached via email at ana.bankovics.spps.org.